84R5918 KKR-D
By: Uresti S.B. No. 1572
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to submission of reports by a physician assistant under
the workers' compensation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.025, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A report that is required to be filed with the
division or provided to the injured employee, the employee's
attorney, or the insurance carrier by a treating physician may be
completed and signed by a physician assistant who is licensed to
practice in this state under Chapter 204, Occupations Code, and is
acting as the agent of a licensed physician under Section
204.202(e) of that code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.